A forward-thinking Catholic, co-educational boarding and day school for children aged 11-18. Downside is a top performing academic school within the region and nationally, leading the way among Catholic co-educational independent schools. The School, founded in 1606, is a forward-thinking boarding and day school set in a glorious 500-acre estate, just a short hop from the World Heritage City of Bath and close to main road links to Bristol and Heathrow Airports. Downside remains a 75% boarding school and prides itself on a seven-day-a-week community. Day pupils are integrated seamlessly into a world of opportunity, mirroring all that a boarder will experience. The alumni, Old Gregorians, continues to look after those preparing to leave or who have left the School.